The Variscan orogeny resulted from the collision of Gondwana and Laurussia during the final stages in the assembly of Pangea. Magmatism during the Variscan orogeny produced large volumes of peraluminous granitic magma. In collaboration with Jiri Zak and Krystof Verner, my research group is focused primarily on migmatites and melt formation in the middle and lower crust of the Bohemian Massif, and what they can tell us about the generation of magmas that comprise the Moldanubian batholith in parts of the Czech Republic, Austria, and Germany. The overarching question is: Can we make connections between tectonic and magmatic processes in the deeply-eroded Variscan orogen and the shallower, still-forming Tibetan-Himalayan orogen?